Agastric :: Agastric (a.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm..

Alabastra :: Alabastra (pl. ) of Alabastru.

Alabastrian :: Alabastrian (a.) Alabastrine.

Alabastrine :: Alabastrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs..

Alabastrum :: Alabastrum (n.) A flower bud.

Anastrophe :: Anastrophe (n.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed..

Apastron :: Apastron (n.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

Arrastre :: Arrastre (n.) A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold..

Arthrogastra :: Arthrogastra (n. pl.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi..

Astrachan :: Astrachan (a. & n.) See Astrakhan.

Astraddle :: Astraddle (adv.) In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse..

Astraean :: Astraean (a.) Pertaining to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.

Astraean :: Astraean (n.) A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.

Astragal :: Astragal (n.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle..

Astragal :: Astragal (n.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.

Astragalar :: Astragalar (a.) Of or pertaining to the astragalus.

Astragaloid :: Astragaloid (a.) Resembling the astragalus in form.

Astragalomancy :: Astragalomancy (n.) Divination by means of small bones or dice.

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle..

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus..

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) See Astragal, 1..

Astrakhan :: Astrakhan (a.) Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin.

Astrakhan :: Astrakhan (n.) The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur..

Astral :: Astral (a.) Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike..

Astrand :: Astrand (adv. & a.) Stranded.

Astray :: Astray (adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray..

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4..

Astrict :: Astrict (a.) Concise; contracted.

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